In 1948 the government hired Hynek to report on UFOs. However, it is likely that they didn't want him to report the truth because the truth might be "inconvenient" for the government to explain. However, after many investigations he was apart of he began to realize more was going on that the government wanted him to say. Some of this is reported in the series Project Blue Book which is a fictionalized account of what he actually experienced. However, like I said it is the truth made more interesting by writers. So, though it is based upon the truth it isn't exactly the complete truth always. But, at the end they usually tell you more of the complete truth regarding what they are demonstrating in the series.
The government hired Hynek to report on UFOs
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Ridicule is not part of the scientific method, and people should not be taught that it is. The steady flow of reports, often made in concert by reliable observers, raises questions of scientific obligation and responsibility. Is there ... any residue that is worthy of scientific attention? Or, if there isn't, does not an obligation exist to say so to the public—not in words of open ridicule but seriously, to keep faith with the trust the public places in science and scientists?[5]
When Project Sign hired Hynek, he was skeptical of UFO reports. Hynek suspected that they were made by unreliable witnesses, or by persons who had misidentified man-made or natural objects. In 1948, Hynek said that "the whole subject seems utterly ridiculous," and described it as a fad that would soon pass.[4]
DocuSeries based on his life[edit]
In 2019, The History Channel created and aired a highly-fictionalized TV show based on his UFO research and the organization he worked for dubbed Project Blue Book.
Close encounter[edit]
In his first book, Hynek published the "Close Encounter" scale that he had developed to better catalog UFO reports. Hynek was later a consultant to Columbia Pictures and Steven Spielberg for the popular 1977 UFO movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, named after a level of Hynek's scale. He made a cameo appearance in the film.[19] At the end of the film, after the aliens disembark from the "mother ship", he can be seen, bearded and with pipe in mouth, stepping forward to view the spectacle.
Speech before the United Nations[edit]
In November 1978, Hynek presented a statement on UFOs before the United Nations General Assembly's Special Political Committee on behalf of himself, Jacques Vallée, and Claude Poher. The speech was prepared and approved by the three authors.[10] Their objective was to initiate a centralized, United Nations authority on UFOs.
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